2 Kings 2:15-25 - Elisha Begins His Ministry
15 The fifty prophets from Jericho saw him and said: The power of Elijah is on Elisha! So they went to meet him and bowed down before him.
16 They said: There are fifty of us here. We are all strong men. Let us go and look for your master. Maybe the Spirit of Jehovah has carried him away and left him on some mountain or in some valley. Elisha answered: You must not go.
17 They insisted until he gave in and let them go. The fifty of them went and looked high and low for Elijah for three days. But they did not find him. 18 Then they returned to Elisha. He waited at Jericho. He said to them: Did I tell you not to go?
19 Men from Jericho went to Elisha and said: You may know that this is a fine city but the water is bad and causes miscarriages.
20 He ordered them: Put some salt in a new bowl and bring it to me. They brought it to him, 21 and he went to the spring, threw the salt in the water, and said: This is what Jehovah says: 'I make this water pure. It will not cause any more deaths or miscarriages.' 22 That water has been pure ever since, just as Elisha said it would be.
23 Elisha left Jericho to go to Bethel. On the way some boys came out of a town and taunted and made fun of him. They shouted: Get out of here, baldy! 24 Elisha turned around and glared at them. He cursed them in the name of Jehovah. Then two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys to pieces. 25 Elisha traveled to Mount Carmel and later returned to Samaria.